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The Loren D. Callendar Gallery is located in the clocktower room at City
Hall in Sioux City, Iowa. Historic photographs of Sioux
City landmarks are on permanent display in the gallery, with
rotating displays of Sioux City historical subjects as well.
Loren Callendar
was born August 18, 1924 in Dunlap, Iowa and died January
10, 1996 at home in Sioux City. He served in World War II
and worked at Swift & Co. for 33 years as a packinghouse
worker and union leader for the AFL-CIO.
Callendar left
a deep mark on Sioux City’s political history as he served
on the City Council for 20 years from 1975 to 1995
— the
longest of anyone on the Council. He served as mayor from
1986 to 1989 and had just been re-elected to another 4 years
on the council when he died in 1996.
Callendar
served as President of SIMPCO (Siouxland Interstate
Metropolitan Council), was a supporter of the Perry Creek
Project, helped to keep John Morrell Plant open and fought
for the elderly, low income workers and the disabled. He was
President of the Woodbury County Labor Council, a member of
Westlawn Presbyterian Church and was called the "Champion of
the Common Man." Callendar and his wife Alice and had four
children, Larry, Sharon Green, Sandra Kilberg and Vicki
Frederick.
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